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Radio Sonora

Public radio network of the Mexican state of Sonora

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 5, 2026
Entity authorityQ20808120 ↗
Source-derived summary

Radio Sonora is the state radio network of the Mexican state of Sonora. It serves 95% of the state through its 30 FM transmitters, making it the second-largest state radio network in Mexico.

It began operations during the government of Samuel Ocaña García (1979–85).

Transmitters

The state of Sonora owns 30 radio transmitters, the second-most of any state in Mexico, to carry the Radio Sonora network. Bacerac and San Javier were added in September 2021.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Radio Sonora” as public radio network of the Mexican state of Sonora. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Radio, Sonora and Public.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1979, 2021—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Radio, Sonora and Public providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Radio Sonora”, the useful work is to connect “public radio network of the Mexican state of Sonora” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q20808120. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1979 and 2021.

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This entry incorporates text from “Radio Sonora” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.